Sikeston Department of Public Safety was one of the Missouri agencies selected for Missouri Department of Public Safety's Local Violent Crime Prevention Grant to obtain a handheld narcotic analyzer.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported three people died in traffic crashes during this year's Thanksgiving holiday counting period which was from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27 through 11:59 p.m.

Employees with Groves Electrical Services of Madisonville, Ky., lift a portion of New Madrid's new substation into place. Work on the substation is expected to be completed next February. According to ...

Spread Hope Now Warming Center in Sikeston reopened on Sunday, Dec. 1, and it's in need of donations for the cold winter and volunteers. Warming centers are temporary emergency shelters that open when ...

The city of Sikeston is planning to go all out for the Christmas season this year for the "City of Lights." Between now and Dec. 10, Historic Downtown Sikeston is encouraging all neighborhoods in ...

Patricia Ann Lewis, age 83, passed away on Nov. 27, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born on Feb. 24, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Andrew and Stella Boehm. She ...

Kelly Dawn Starbuck passed away on Saturday morning Nov, 30, 2024, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born Nov. 19, 1962, to the late Raymond and Barbara Bryant Lawrence in ...

Bobby Ray Skelton, 84, died Nov. 29, 2024, at Memory Lane Care Center in Dexter, Missouri. There is no visitation. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in ...

Kenneth Michael Pobst was born Dec. 14, 1945, to Walter and Thelma Pobst of Oran, and departed this life Nov. 28, 2024, surrounded by his family and friends. He graduated from Oran High School in 1963 ...

Lynne Lenore Lewis, age 56, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, at Mercy South Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Lynne was born July 4, 1968, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Ray and Paula Lewis.

Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corp. completed construction of its new resource center for the unsheltered in Sikeston and celebrated the milestone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. On Monday, Nov. 25, ...

This weekend, shoppers will be hunting for Christmas gifts, and they are encouraged to shop locally. The Sikeston Regional Chamber, the Sikeston Convention and Visitors Bureau and Historic Downtown ...